Tufts survivors speak out through the Clothesline Project

For a week in April of last spring semester, Tufts had a display that combined the original T-shirts made by students at Tufts and survivors from across the state. It was a part of The Clothesline Project. The website explains the project:

The Clothesline Project (CLP) is a program started on Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence against women.

At The Gender Blender Blog run by Tufts students, some T-shirts are displayed. These are just two of the shirts made by survivors of sexual assault by another student at Tufts.

I was raped at Tufts and they did NOTHING

Tufts believed a rapist over the survivor

The administration tries deny the fact that sexual assault is a serious issue on campus. We need to speak out and fight to create a safer campus.

These brave survivors were willing to share their stories; unfortunately they are not alone. Friends of survivors also came forward sharing stories of how their friend was re-traumatized by the school’s efforts to cover up any rapes that happened by students.

Students are not safe until the administration is held accountable for their actions.